Great Books Discussions -- Parker Library

Following the general open-ended discussion guidelines of the Great Books Foundation (GBF), the Parker Great Books Group meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Parker Library (unless otherwise noted). As the GBF guidelines suggest, participants are expected and encouraged to meet with the group regularly and to have read the material thoroughly in order to participate in the discussions. Of course, emergencies happen and life occasionally gets in the way; so, if you will be unable to attend, we ask that you notify one of the facilitators by phone or email. In order to encourage full participation, our membership is capped at 10.

The following is our schedule for the coming year. Always subject to change, changes will be announced and posted well in advance of the discussion session.

Selections are from Great Conversations 2.

Date (2014)

Title

Author

January 9

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

January 23

The Wild Duck**

Henrik Ibsen

February 13*

The Good Earth

Pearl Buck

February 27

Selected Poems

Emily Dickinson

March 13

The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane

March 27

Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller

April 10

Charles Dickens

Nicolas Nickleby

April 24

The Three Sisters

Anton Chekhov

May 8

The Woman in White

Wilkie Collins

May 22

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare

June 12*

The Old Curiosity Shop

Charles Dickens

June 26

Lord Jim

Joseph Conrad

July 10

The Crucible

Arthur Miller

July 24

Hedda Gabbler

Henrik Ibsen

August 14*

Barnaby Rudge

Charles Dickens

August 28

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather

September 11

She Stoops to Conquer

Goldsmith

September 25

The Aeneid

Virgil

October 9

Lysistrata

Aristophanes

October 23

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

November 13*

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevensen

November 27

Thanksgiving

No meeting

December 11

Holiday Luncheon

Group discussion

December 25

Christmas

No meeting

* 3 Weeks from prior date

** Check out the Norton Critical Edition of Ibsen's Selected Plays, available in hard copy or for Kindle